Brick-conveyer.



No. I781,120. PATENTBD JAN. 31, 1905.

W. P. ALSIP.

BRICK CONVEYBR.

APPLIUATIQNI'ILED MAY- 16. 1904.

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. No '781,120- y PA-TENTBD JAN, 31, 1905.

W. P. ALSIP.

BRICK GONVEYBR.

PPLIOATION FILED MAY 16. 1904. n

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/Vilnesses UNITED STATES v Patented January 31, 1905.

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WILLIAM IJQALSIP, OF GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. r781,120, dated January31, 1905. l

Appncaaon ned May 16, 1904.. serrant. 208,153.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. ALsIr, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forks and State ofNorth Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBrick- Oonveyers, of which the'following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for facilitating the transportationof molded brick or the like from a molding-machine or brickpress to thedrying-yard or other desired point; and the object thereofis to providean apparatus which is particularly simple in construction and highlyeflicient in use.

To this end the invention includes the combination and arrangement ofcomponent parts to be hereinafter described, and particularly pointedout in the claims.`

While the invention is susceptible of various embodiments, theaccompanying drawings illustrate, and I shall hereinafter describe inconnection therewith, what is now conceived to be a preferred embodimentof the same.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, with parts broken away,of a section of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view ofa portion of the apparatus with parts thereof in one position. Fig. 3 isa plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a similar view of Fig. 2 with theparts in a diierentposition.

F ig.' 5 is a transverse Sectional view of a portion of the apparatus.Fig.V 6 is a perspective view of a pallet, and Fig. 7 is la sideelevationof one of the outer supporting and guiding devices for theconveyer-cables.

The invention includes generally an endless convcyer running from apoint adjacent the molding-machine orv brick-press to and through thedrying-yard or to any point to which the molded bricksare'toy beconveyed, a carrying-pallet for supporting the bricks on the conveyer,and a loading-station at one end of the carrier having means located atlthe erably comprises two parallel endless cables V2, spaced a suitabledistance apart and having means associated therewith for supporting anddriving the same.

The loading-station is preferably located at the end of the conveyeradjacent the brickpress or molding-machine, and at this point means arepreferably arranged for driving the conveyer, as well as means forloading the bricks thereon, said driving means being preferably combinedwith the loading means. The embodiment of the driving and loading meansdisclosed in the present exemplification elevation in relation to thelatter that the pallet supported thereon will be held above and out ofengagement with the conveyer.

A centering or positioning member 12 is pivotally connected to the upperouter edge of the platform and is designed to occupy one position foralining thepallet and bricks in relation thereto and to be moved into asecond position for placing the pallet,.with the bricks thereon, uponthe platform in position to be transferred onto the conveyer, for whichpurpose automatic means, as projections 9, are provided.

The member 12 preferably includes a plate pivotal] y mounted a shortdistance above one longitudinal edge tothe platform at the outerlongitudinal edge of the surface 11 by hinges 13, secured to the plateand platform, respectively, and a lateral extension or section 13',projecting from said plate contiguous to said longitudinal edge thereof.'I` he section 13 is preferably formed by a strip bolted to the plate11i, and space -blocks 15,'constituting a part of said extension, areinterposed between IOO the strip and the plate 14C, so as to provide aplurality of openings 16, through which any sand and the like which mayfall from the pallets may pass, so that proper alining of the latter andthe bricks in reference thereto may not be interfered with. The plate 14is normally held in a perpendicular position by means of a spring 16',interposed between the same and the platform.

At the outer end of the conveyer a suitable frame 17 is arranged, inwhich two guidingsheaves 18 are suitably mounted. Each of these sheavesis carried by a shaft 19, journaled at its opposite ends in boxes 2Oshiftable in the frame, so that the tensions of the cables may bereadily adjusted.

For supporting and guiding the cables intermediate of the ends of theconveyer suitable frames 21 are provided, having sheaves 22 journaled inthe same, over which the cables run. Each frame 21 includes a pair ofvertical standards provided with upper and lower connecting-bars, towhich brackets 23, providing bearings for the sheaves 22, are bolted.

In the operation of my apparatus the bricks are transferred from thepress in a suitable mold and placed on a pallet, which preferablyconsists of a light support of rectangular shape formed by a pluralityof laths secured together, with their longitudinal edges abuttingagainst one another, and the pallet, with thebricks arranged thereon, iscarried by the eonveyer from the loading-station adjacent lthebrick-press to its destination, preferably to the drying-yard, where thepallet, with its contents` is lifted from the conveyer by a workmanlocated along the path of the latter and then placed in position for thedrying of the bricks. In loading a pallet upon the conveyer the formeris first placed on the member 12 with its under face resting against theupper and outer face of plate 14 while the latter is in its initialposition and with its lower edge resting against the extension 13' orthe spaceblocks 15, constituting a part thereof. The mold containing theformed bricks is then placed in the mem ber 12 with one face against thepositioned pallet and its under longitudinal side face against theextension 1?/I The member 12 is then thrown over to rest upon thesurface 11 and the mold thereupon removed, leaving the bricks properlypositioned on the pallet and the latter supported on the plate 14, whichin turn rests upon the surface 11 and holds the pallet in a positiondirectly above the conveyer out of contact therewith and with the endsof the pallet overhanging the same.

As before premised, my invention conteniplates means for automaticallytransferring the pallet, with its load, onto the conveyer, and for thispurpose the sheaves 8 are provided with the peripheral offsets or lugs9, before referred to, which are arranged in axial alinement and as the.sheaves rotate are brought into engagement with opposite ends of thepallet, lift the same from the platforn'i, and carry it in advancethereof and onto the conveyer, which then carries the pallet, with itsload, to its destination. As soon as the plate 14 is relieved from theweight of the pallet it immediately returns under the influence of thespring 16 to its initial position.

rlhe construction and operation of my invention will be readilyunderstood upon reference to the foregoingdescription and accompanyingdrawings, and it will be appreciated that the parts and combinationsrecited may be varied within a wide range without departing from thespirit and scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isA

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a pallet, an endlessconveyer, means for supporting and guiding the conveymat its outer endand at intermediate points, means for load` ing a pallet and supportingthe .same above the conveyer, and means arranged at one end of theconveyor for driving the same and for automatically transferring thetray from its position above the conveyor onto the con veyer,substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a pallet, aconveyer, a framearranged atoneend of the same having guide-sheaves mounted therein, anda loa lingstati m at the opposite end of the conveyer having meanslocated thereat for positioning the pallet and centering the moldedbricks thereon and for transferring the pallet loaded with said bricksonto the conveyer, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a pallet, a conveyer, a framearranged atoneend of the same having guide-sheaves mounted therein, anda loading-station at the opposite end of the conveyer, and n1 3anslocated at said station vfor positioning the pallet, centering themolded bricks thereon and moving the loaded pallet to a position at restabove the conveyor and out of engagement with the same, and means forautomatically transferring the loaded pallet onto the conveyer,substantially as described.

Ll. In an apparatus of the elass described, a pallet, a conveyer, aframe arranged at one end of the same having guide-sheaves mountedtherein, driving and guiding sheaves at the opposite end of theconveyer, a platform located betweem the latter sheaves, a memberpivotallysecured to the platform for positioning the pallet andcentering the molded bricks in reference thereto, and means fortransferring the loaded pallet from the platform onto the conveyer,substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, a pallet, a conveyer, aframearranged at one end of the same having guide-sheaves mounted therein,driving and guiding sheaves at the opposite end of the conveyer,aplatform located between the latter sheaves, a member pivotally secu redto the platform for positioning the pallet and centering the moldedbricks in reference thereto, and means carried by the driving andguiding sheaves for transferring the loaded pallet from the platformonto the conveyer, substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus of the type described', a pallet, a Aconveyercomprising two cables running in parallelism, means at the outer end ofthe conveyer for supporting and guiding the cables, driving and guidingsheaves for the cables, a platform located between said sheaves having asupporting-surface arranged to hold the pallet supported thereon abovethe path of movement of the conveyer, a positioning member pivoted tothe platform, and offsets on said sheaves for transferring the loadedvpallet onto the conveyer, substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus of the type described, a

pallet, a conveyer comprising two cables running in parallelism, meansat the outer end of' the conveyer for supporting and guiding the cables,driving and guiding sheaves for the conveyer, a platform located betweensaid sheaves having a surface arranged to hold. the pallet supportedthereon above the path of movement ofthe conveyer, a positioning membercomprisinga plate pivoted to one edge of the supporting-surface, alateral extension at one edge of said plate, a spring connectionbeporting-surface, an initial receiving member for the pallet and bricksincluding a plate and a lateral extension having openings thereinadjacent the plate, hinges for pivotally Vconnecting the plate to thesupporting-surface of the platform, peripheral offsets on thedrivingsheaves for transferring the loaded pallet onto the conveyer, andintermediate supports for the cables comprising frames having guiding- Isheaves supported therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 'signed y my name, in the presenceof two attesting witnesses, at Grand Forks, in the county of Grand Forksand State of North Dakota, this 11th yday of May, 1904. i

WILLIAM P. ALSIP.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM TAYLOR, JOHN W. OGREN.

